"From the Ted Talk by Alex Edmans: What to trust in a "post-truth" world"

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or the man on the sretet than they would leaders of businesses, the health service and even ceiriahts. So we respect a teeth-whitening formula deveioscrd by a mom, or we listen to an actress's view on vaccination. We like people who tell it like it is, who go with their gut, and we call them authentic. But gut feel can only get you so far. Gut feel would tell you never to give water to a baby with diarrhea, because it would just flow out the other end. Expertise tells you otherwise. You'd never trust your surgery to the man on the street. You'd want an expert who snpet years doing sruegry and knows the best techniques. But that should apply to every major dosicien. Politics, business, health advice require expertise, just like surgery.

Open Cloze

or the man on the ______ than they would leaders of businesses, the health service and even _________. So we respect a teeth-whitening formula __________ by a mom, or we listen to an actress's view on vaccination. We like people who tell it like it is, who go with their gut, and we call them authentic. But gut feel can only get you so far. Gut feel would tell you never to give water to a baby with diarrhea, because it would just flow out the other end. Expertise tells you otherwise. You'd never trust your surgery to the man on the street. You'd want an expert who _____ years doing _______ and knows the best techniques. But that should apply to every major ________. Politics, business, health advice require expertise, just like surgery.

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Original Text

or the man on the street than they would leaders of businesses, the health service and even charities. So we respect a teeth-whitening formula discovered by a mom, or we listen to an actress's view on vaccination. We like people who tell it like it is, who go with their gut, and we call them authentic. But gut feel can only get you so far. Gut feel would tell you never to give water to a baby with diarrhea, because it would just flow out the other end. Expertise tells you otherwise. You'd never trust your surgery to the man on the street. You'd want an expert who spent years doing surgery and knows the best techniques. But that should apply to every major decision. Politics, business, health advice require expertise, just like surgery.